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1977 European Formula Two Championship

The 1977 European Formula Two season was contested over 13 rounds. Frenchman René Arnoux was the season champion, driving a Martini-Renault/Gordini for Ecurie Renault Elf.

Calendar

Race No	Circuit	Date	Laps	Distance	Time	Speed	Pole position	Fastest lap	Winner
1	GBR Silverstone	6 March	47	4.719=221.793 km	1'05:45.22	202.385 km/h	FRA Michel Leclère	BEL Patrick Nève	FRA René Arnoux
2	GBR Thruxton	11 April	50	3.792=189.600 km	1'05:59.43	172.388 km/h	BRA Alex Ribeiro	GBR Brian Henton	GBR Brian Henton
3	FRG Hockenheim	17 April	20+20	6.789=271.56 km	1'21:20.4
1'21:30.4	200.315 km/h
199.905 km/h	FRG Jochen Mass
ITA Bruno Giacomelli	USA Eddie Cheever	FRG Jochen Mass
FRA René Arnoux
4	FRG Nürburgring
(Eifelrennen)	1 May	9	22.835=205,515 km	1'06:41.1
1'06:54.3	184.913 km/h
184.305 km/h	ITA Riccardo Patrese	FRG Jochen Mass	FRG Jochen Mass
USA Eddie Cheever
5	ITA Vallelunga	15 May	65	3.2=208.0 km	1'16:57.36	162.171 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
6	FRA Pau	30 May	59	2.76=162.84 km	1'14:52.52	130.489 km/h	FRA Patrick Tambay	FRA Didier Pironi	FRA René Arnoux
7	ITA Mugello	19 June	42	5.245=220.290 km	1'16:36.5	172.532 km/h	ITA Riccardo Patrese	ITA Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
8	FRA Rouen	26 June	38	5.543=210.634 km	1'08:36.19	184.219 km/h	USA Eddie Cheever	BRA Ingo Hoffmann	USA Eddie Cheever
9	FRA Nogaro	12 July	65	3.12=202.80 km	1'20:42.69	150.759 km/h	FRA René Arnoux	ITA Riccardo Patrese	FRA René Arnoux
10	ITA Pergusa-Enna	24 July	30+30	4.95=297.0 km	1'36:18.0	185.047 km/h	FIN Keke Rosberg	ITA Riccardo Patrese
FIN Keke Rosberg	FIN Keke Rosberg
11	ITA Misano	7 August	30+30	3.488=209.28 km	1'13:44.8	170.269 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli
FRA René Arnoux	ITA Lamberto Leoni
12	PRT Estoril	2 October	50	4.35=217.50 km	1'19:29.30	164.175 km/h	FRA Didier Pironi	IRL Derek Daly	FRA Didier Pironi
13	GBR Donington Park	30 October	65	3.149=204.685 km	1'12:40.35	168.992 km/h	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	ITA Bruno Giacomelli

Note:

Race 3, 10 and 11 were held in two heats, with results shown in aggregate.

Race 6 originally scheduled over 73 laps, but stopped early due to heavy rain.

Race 3 and 4 was won by a graded driver, all graded drivers are shown in Italics

Final point standings

Driver

For every race points were awarded: 9 points to the winner, 6 for runner-up, 4 for third place, 3 for fourth place, 2 for fifth place and 1 for sixth place. No additional points were awarded.

Place	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	SIL
GBR	THR
GBR	HOC
FRG	NÜR
FRG	VLL
ITA	PAU
FRA	MUG
ITA	ROU
FRA	NOG
FRA	EMM
ITA	MIS
ITA	EST
PRT	DON
GBR	Points
1	FRA René Arnoux	Écurie Renault Elf	Martini	Renault	9	-	9	3	-	9	-	-	9	6	-	6	1	52
2	USA Eddie Cheever	Project Four Racing	Ralt	BMW	-	6	-	9	4	-	-	9	2	-	6	4	-	40
3	FRA Didier Pironi	Écurie Renault Elf	Martini	Renault	-	-	-	4	6	6	-	4	-	3	2	9	4	38
4	ITA Riccardo Patrese	Trivellato Racing	Chevron	BMW	1	2	6	-	-	4	6	6	6	-	-	1	-	32
	ITA Bruno Giacomelli	Euroracing	March	Hart	-	-	-	2										32
BMW					9	-	9	-	3	-	-	-	9
6	FIN Keijo Rosberg	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	1	6	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	3	6	25
7	ITA Alberto Colombo	Euroracing	March	BMW	2	3	2	-	2	3	4	1	1	-	-	-	-	18
	BRA Ingo Hoffmann	Project Four Racing	Ralt	BMW	3	-	-	1	-	-	-	2	4	4	4	-	-	18
9	ITA Alessandro Pesenti-Rossi	Euroracing	March	Hart	-	-	4	-										13
BMW					3	-	3	-	-	-	3	-	-
10	GBR Brian Henton	Netherton & Worth Boxer Cars	Boxer	Hart	-	9	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	12
11	ITA Lamberto Leoni	Trivellato Racing Team	Chevron	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9	-	-	9
12	GBR Ray Mallock	Ardmore Racing	Chevron	Hart	6	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	6
13	CHE Marc Surer	Hohmann Auto Technik	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	-	-		5
March Racing													3
14	BEL Patrick Nève	March Racing	March	BMW	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
	BRA Alex Ribeiro	March Racing	March	BMW	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4
16	ITA Gaudenzio Mantova	?	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	2	-	-	-	4
17	ITA Gianfranco Brancatelli	Scuderia Everest	Ralt	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	-	-	-	-	-	3
18	IRL Derek Daly	Chevron Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	-	2
	USA Danny Sullivan	Netherton & Worth Boxer Cars	Boxer	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2
20	AUT Hans Royer	Fred Opert Racing	Chevron	Hart	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	ITA Luciano Pavesi	?	Ralt	Hart	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	ARG Ricardo Zunino	March Racing	March	Hart	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	BEL Bernard de Dryver	Team Gubelmann & Gerard	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	1
	ITA "Gianfranco"	Scuderia Everest	Ralt	Ferrari	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	-	1
	FRA Patrick Bardinon	Maublanc Racing Service	March	BMW	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	-	-	1

Note:

Only drivers which were not FIA graded, were able to score points.

References

"1977 European F2 Championship". Motor Sport Magazine.

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